Putin diligently prepares Russia-Africa summit

摘要

Moscow is working hard to ensure that the second Russian-African summit, scheduled for 2022, is a success. Picking the country to host it, organising a committee of experts, and deciding who should sit at the round tables are all being meticulously planned. Mikhail Bogdanov, President Vladimir Putin's special representative on Africa and the Middle East, is speeding up preparations for the Russia-Africa summit. He is being helped by the former deputy director of Russia's Africa Department, Oleg Ozerov, who is in charge of the project on a daily basis as a roving ambassador. Ozerov, who speaks French, English, and Arabic, has worked at the Russian embassy in Paris and was ambassador to Saudi Arabia. The 2022 Russia-Africa summit will be held on African territory, three years after the first such event took place in the Russian resort of Sochi. Forty-three presidents made the trip to that summit.